Sun, 1 Jul 2012 22:32 GMT

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By Adrees Latif

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 1 (Reuters) - Residents began returning to charred areas of Colorado Springs on Sunday after the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland.

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